WACH

WACH

Columbia, South Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 57
Branding	WACH Fox 57; WACH Fox News (spoken as "Watch Fox")
Programming
Affiliations	57.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (WACH Licensee, LLC)
History
Founded	September 8, 1980
First air date	September 1, 1981 (43 years ago) (1981-09-01)
Former call signs	WCCT-TV (1981–1988)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 57 (UHF, 1981–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, until 2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1981–1988)
Call sign meaning	"Watch"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	19199
ERP	460 kW
HAAT	464 m (1,522 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°6′58.4″N 80°45′49.9″W / 34.116222°N 80.763861°W / 34.116222; -80.763861
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wach.com

WACH (channel 57) is a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on Pickens Street in downtown Columbia, and its transmitter is located on Rush Road (southeast of I-20), in rural southwestern Kershaw County.